Penn Relays 2026: What the Masters 50+ Sprints (and Relays) Just Showed Me
A breakdown of the 100m and sprint-relay finals across the Masters 50+ age groups at Penn Relays 2026 — every place, every time, every club, plus what those splits sketch about the road to a sub-26 M100.
I came into Penn Relays week with a single question. Every Masters 50+ sprinter on Franklin Field is, in some sense, a preview of where I'm trying to be. So what does the actual data say? Below: every place, every time, every club from the Masters 100m and sprint-relay finals at the 2026 meet (Penn Relays, 2026), plus the storylines that stuck with me.
A note on the Masters program. Penn Relays' Masters program is leaner than USATF Masters Outdoors. The full sprint-side schedule is the 100m dash, the 4×100m relay, and the 4×400m relay (plus a 5K Racewalk). No individual 200m or 400m. So when you read "sprints" at this meet, it really means the 100m and the relays — that's where the 50+ field competes (Penn Relays, 2026).
Watch the 100m field
FloTrack's Day 1 cut of the Masters 100m races — every age group from W40+ through M40+ in one ~14-minute video. Jump to the race you want using the chapter list below (FloTrack, 2026).
Chapter jump links:
- 1:01 — Women's 100m, 60 and older
- 2:56 — Women's 100m, 40 and older
- 4:41 — Men's 100m, 75 and older
- 6:37 — Men's 100m, 70 and older
- 7:52 — Men's 100m, 65 and older
- 9:08 — Men's 100m, 60 and older
- 10:13 — Men's 100m, 55 and older
- 12:04 — Men's 100m, 50 and older
- 13:22 — Men's 100m, 40 and older
Men's 100m by age group
Five separate finals — M50, M60, M65, M70, M75 — each a distinct race with its own field. Wind readings matter for the older brackets; I've flagged the ones over the 2.0 m/s legal tailwind limit.
M50+ 100m — Event 125
Thursday, April 23 · 12:36 PM · Wind +1.5 m/s (legal) · ▶ Watch (12:04)
Adeniran Epebinuade and Shawn Talley went 1–2 for Unite4 with 11.89 and 12.21 respectively. A sub-12 100m past 50 is no accident — that's the kind of speed that takes a real training program, not maintenance jogging.
| Place | Athlete | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adeniran Epebinuade | Unite4 | 11.89 |
| 2 | Shawn Talley | Unite4 | 12.21 |
| 3 | Dan Esposito | Greater Philadelphia TC | 12.79 |
| 4 | David Marx | Central Park Track Club | 12.90 |
| 5 | Kevin Bowen | Pony Express | 13.29 |
| 6 | Martin Franke | Martin Franke | 14.27 |
| 7 | Michael Jones | Unattached | 18.24 |
| 8 | Roderick Day | Roderick | 19.11 |
M60+ 100m — Event 123
Thursday, April 23 · 12:32 PM · Wind +0.1 m/s (legal) · ▶ Watch (9:08)
David Gibbon ran 11.94 in still air at 60+. That number deserves to be quoted in full sentences. He then went out and anchored Southwest Sprinters TC's 4×100 to 47.94 (more on that below). Tony Clemons (Trojan Masters TC) was a clean second at 12.55.
| Place | Athlete | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gibbon | Southwest Sprinters | 11.94 |
| 2 | Tony Clemons | Trojan Masters Track Club | 12.55 |
| 3 | Zac Tolin | Zac Tolin | 13.42 |
| 4 | Benjamin Cureton | Benjamin Cureton | 13.69 |
| 5 | Gerald Mitchell | Pony Express | 13.70 |
| 6 | Harris Gibson | Greater Philadelphia TC | 14.03 |
| 7 | Michael Donnelly | Greater Philadelphia TC | 14.27 |
| 8 | Curtis Muhammad | Unattached | 14.81 |
| 9 | Bruce Williams | Bruce Williams | 15.39 |
M65+ 100m — Event 122
Thursday, April 23 · 12:30 PM · Wind +1.6 m/s (legal) · ▶ Watch (7:52)
Tony Fulton Sr broke 13 — 12.99 — at 65 and older, with Ronald Humphrey 0.03s back at 13.02. The race for third came down to thousandths: David Neumann (Mass Velocity TC) 13.243, Brian Hankerson 13.246. Three-thousandths of a second. After 65 years.
| Place | Athlete | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Fulton Sr | Unattached | 12.99 |
| 2 | Ronald Humphrey | Ronald Humphrey | 13.02 |
| 3 | David Neumann | Mass Velocity TC | 13.25 (13.243) |
| 4 | Brian Hankerson | Brian Hankerson | 13.25 (13.246) |
| 5 | Don Mcgee | Potomac Valley Track Club | 13.59 |
| 6 | Willie Spruill | Pony Express | 13.66 |
| 7 | Brian Thomas | Brian Thomas | 14.97 |
| T8 | Lewis Wigod | Unattached | 16.14 (16.134) |
| T8 | Charles Roth | Unattached | 16.14 (16.134) |
M70+ 100m — Event 121
Thursday, April 23 · 12:28 PM · Wind +3.1 m/s (wind-aided) · ▶ Watch (6:37)
Michael Kiefer (Mass Velocity) won in 14.03, but the +3.1 m/s tailwind means none of these times are eligible for record purposes. Steven Phillips (Houston Elite) and Griffin Lotson rounded out the top three at 14.34 and 14.48.
| Place | Athlete | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kiefer | Mass Velocity | 14.03 |
| 2 | Steven Phillips | Houston Elite | 14.34 |
| 3 | Griffin Lotson | N/A | 14.48 |
| 4 | Paul Brock | Greater Philadelphia TC | 14.78 |
| 5 | Richard Kalriess | N/A | 15.22 |
| 6 | Michael Jennetta | Greater Philadelphia TC | 15.50 |
| 7 | Spider Rossiter | Shore AC | 16.25 |
| 8 | Guy Delillio | Greater Philadelphia TC | 16.63 |
⚠ Wind +3.1 m/s — over the 2.0 m/s legal-tailwind limit; results are not record-eligible.
M75+ 100m — Event 120
Thursday, April 23 · 12:25 PM · Wind +3.2 m/s (wind-aided) · ▶ Watch (4:41)
Michael Kish (Houston Elite) ran 13.27 at 75 and older. Same wind caveat as M70 — but the eye test was unmistakable, and Kish came back two races later to anchor Houston Elite's 4×100 70+ to a meet-winning 59.18 alongside Charles Allie.
| Place | Athlete | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kish | Houston Elite | 13.27 |
| 2 | Don Warren | Don Warren | 14.50 |
| 3 | Rick Lapp | Rick Lapp | 15.39 |
| 4 | Joachim Acolatse | Unattached | 15.58 |
| 5 | Peter Ryan | Peter Ryan | 23.91 |
⚠ Wind +3.2 m/s — over the 2.0 m/s legal-tailwind limit; results are not record-eligible.
Women's 100m — W60+
Event 118 · Thursday, April 23 · 12:20 PM · Wind +1.4 m/s (legal) · ▶ Watch (1:01)
Roxanne Brockner (Elitefeats) ran a clean 13.83 to take the W60+ 100m by nearly two seconds. The Penn Relays Masters program runs only two women's 100m brackets (W40+ and W60+), so this is the headline women's 50+ result of the meet (Penn Relays, 2026).
| Place | Athlete | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roxanne Brockner | Elitefeats | 13.83 |
| 2 | Donna Y Gunter | Pioneer Track Club WDC | 15.62 |
| 3 | Marguerite Matthews | Glenarden | 16.23 |
| 4 | Tomomi Seki | CPTC Track Smith | 16.29 |
| 5 | Ginny Richburg | Mass Velocity | 16.54 |
| 6 | Diane Pierce | Mass Velocity TC | 16.70 |
| 7 | Claudia Simpson | Greater Philadelphia TC | 17.13 |
| 8 | Yvette Henderson | Pioneer Track Club WDC | 26.39 |
The relays
Three sprint-relay finals on the 50+ side: 4×100 60+, 4×100 70+, and 4×400 60+. The 4×400 finish was the closest team race of the day.
Masters Men's 4×100 60+ — Event 114
Thursday, April 23 · 12:02 PM
Southwest Sprinters TC won by 3.43 seconds in 47.94 — an average split under 12 seconds per leg. The same David Gibbon who ran 11.94 individually anchored.
| Place | Team (runners) | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest Sprinters TC — Allan Tissenbaum, David Jones, Mike Bradecamp, David Gibbon | 47.94 |
| 2 | FLASHPOINT — Tony Fulton Sr, Ronald Humphrey, Brian Hankerson, Don Mcgee | 51.37 |
| 3 | Greater Philadelphia TC — Lionel Jackson, Jacques Lucien, Bruce Rash, Harris Gibson | 54.77 |
| 4 | Pony Express — John Brooks, Willie Spruill, Donnell Goss, Gerald Mitchell | 55.04 |
| 5 | Mass Velocity Track Club — David Neumann, Stephen Gould, Graham Broyd, Chris McConnell | 55.75 |
| 6 | DC International — Ben Cureton, Mohamed, David Barmer, Maurice George | 56.38 |
| 7 | Team Fly Yellow Men65 — Marcus Guynn, Ross Donolow, Stuart Field, Ken Kapner | 1:07.63 |
| 8 | Over the Hill Gang #2 — Deke Rush, David Flack, Marlon Pugh, Preppy Pepe Al-Shabazz | 1:11.58 |
Masters Men's 4×100 70+ — Event 113
Thursday, April 23 · 11:58 AM
Houston Elite's 70+ team went under a minute at 59.18, with masters legend Charles Allie on the squad alongside Vance Jacobson, Don Warren, and Michael Kish. Greater Philadelphia TC was 0.81 back at 59.99.
| Place | Team (runners) | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Elite — Vance Jacobson, Charles Allie, Don Warren, Michael Kish | 59.18 |
| 2 | Greater Philadelphia TC — Rich Kalriess, Paul Brock, Griffin Lotson, Michael Jennetta | 59.99 |
| 3 | Mass Velocity Track Club — Steve Snow, Tucker Taft, Roger Pierce, Michael Kiefer | 1:01.89 |
| 4 | Houston Elite-2 — Anthony Baker, Horace Hudson, Steven Phillips, James Morton | 1:05.52 |
| 5 | Shore Athletic Club — Rick Lapp, Kerry Gillespie, Spider Rossiter, Ivan Black | 1:06.69 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Masters — Dominic Stellato, Edward Hawkey, Brian Hernon, Wayne Lewis | 1:37.51 |
Masters Men's 4×400 60+ — Event 130
Thursday, April 23 · 12:57 PM
Greater Philadelphia TC's A team beat Southwest Sprinters TC by 0.67 seconds — 4:00.11 to 4:00.78 — in a race decided on the anchor leg. GR Project led at 400m and 800m before fading; Greater Philly A patiently moved up and held the lead from the second leg onward.
| Place | Team (runners) | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greater Philadelphia TC A — John Curtis, Jacques Lucien, Bruce Rash, Jeff Conway | 4:00.11 |
| 2 | Southwest Sprinters TC — Mike Bradecamp, David Jones, Karl Ross, David Gibbon | 4:00.78 |
| 3 | Greater Philadelphia TC B — Brian Howard, Scott Landis, Wally Hernandez, Dave Ott | 4:21.78 |
| 4 | Alabama Striders Track Club — David Jones, Robert O'Neill, Gerard Bennett, Michael Briddell | 4:34.00 |
| 5 | Shore Athletic Club 60s Team — Matt Wallack, Bill Hughes, Brian Hanlon, Michael Connolly | 4:37.69 |
| 6 | Elitefeats — Dale Drueckhammer, Tommy Piciocchi, Robert Clasen, Robert Todd | 4:39.74 |
What this sketches for me
I keep coming back to David Gibbon's 11.94 at 60+ and Tony Fulton Sr's 12.99 at 65+. Those aren't outliers — they're what targeted, specific training looks like sustained across decades. They're also, more bluntly, the line my own training has to cross if I want a shot at the M100 record. Lester Wright Sr. ran 26.34 at 100 in 2022 (already documented in the piece I wrote about him). Working backward from 26.34 through these 60+ and 65+ benchmarks is how I plan now.
Watching M75 and the older fields, the message gets simpler: most of the people out there aren't maintaining what they had at 30. They're training deliberately for the version of themselves that's still on the track at 70, 75, 80. That's the part I came to Franklin Field to see.
What's not in this post
For honesty: I'm covering nine of the eighteen Masters sprint-side finals. The races I didn't include here are W40+ 100m, M40+ 100m, M55+ 100m, M80+ 100m, the W40+ and M40/50+ 4×100s, and the W40+, M50+, and M40+ 4×400s. The official portal has all of them under the "Masters" tab at pennrelaysonline.com.
References
APA 7th edition.
- FloTrack. (2026, April 23). UNBELIEVABLE Masters 100m races take center stage on Day 1 of the 2026 Penn Relays [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD1z6FrJ20Q
- Penn Relays. (2026). 2026 Penn Relays Masters results. Retrieved May 5, 2026, from https://pennrelaysonline.com/results/schedule.aspx?l=MAS